14th July 2012 Archive
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US deploys robot submarine armada against Iranian mines
Kamikaze Sea Fox craft ready to rumble
The US is deploying a fleet of robotic submarine mine clearers to the Middle East to counter threats by Iran that it will close off the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of world oil supplies travel. The Sea Fox submersibles, manufactured by German firm Atlas Electronik, come equipped with a TV camera and sonar and are …
Data Center 14 Jul 00:29
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RIM: What's all the 'bleeding' fuss about BlackBerry developers?
Denies that app hackers are fleeing the platform
Alec Saunders, RIM's VP of developer relations, wishes the press and analyst community would get its "bleeding" story straight about the BlackBerry developer community. On Friday, AllThingsD reported on a study by Baird Equity Research that showed BlackBerry developer loyalty at an all-time low and trending downward, claiming …
Developer 14 Jul 00:29
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Build a bonkers hi-fi
Product Round-up Aural fantasies
And lo the command came from El Reg to assemble a hi-fi so extreme, so “bonkers” that only oligarchs, rock stars and the sporting elite would actually be able to afford one. So, avoiding the obvious temptation to simply cherry pick telephone number hardware, I’ve assembled a sound system of such extravagant exquisiteness I …
Hardware 14 Jul 07:00
